At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, there was a young girl in Yutian County, Hebei Province, who was extremely beautiful, just turned fifteen years old, and married the Nie family. His father-in-law, Nie Weng, was a pedantic and stubborn old Confucian, who had participated in the imperial examination for more than thirty years, and had not even passed the xiucai examination, so he had to abandon Confucianism to work as a farmer. Weng gave birth to a son, which is the same as his father's style, and he has repeatedly failed the examination, which is the husband of the young girl. Nie Weng's father and son often flaunt each other, what the father thinks is good, the son also follows up with what is good, the son thinks what is not good, and the father also follows up with it. The two founded strange sayings, satirizing the world for short and long. Others have advantages, father and son are afraid to admit it, others have shortcomings, father and son will talk endlessly, so it provokes the neighbors of the same village to be very disgusted, and the neighbors are angry at the father and son.
Since the young girl married into the Nie family, the family has become even poorer, and the work of picking wild vegetables and collecting firewood and grass has to be undertaken by this woman. The old woman was sick in bed again, and she became a waster, unable to go with her daughter-in-law. With her jade-like appearance, this woman went to the woods alone, how could she ensure that no one was tempted? Fortunately, she was a virtuous and virtuous person, not smiling, coupled with the local customs are relatively simple and simple, the royal law is also very severe, so no one to infringe on her, and no one dares to infringe on her.
Her father-in-law has a big sister-in-law Liu Shi, the family is close to the Nie family, Liu s daughter is called Ergu, she looks very ugly, but her temperament is open, she dresses up every day, openly shows off her style, and the teenagers in the same village joke with her. Because she is a relative of the Nie family, when the Nie family's daughter-in-law goes out to work, the second aunt must walk with her. However, no matter how flirtatiously the second sister teased, Nie's daughter-in-law only cared about doing her own work, as if she hadn't seen it.
It was early autumn, and Nie Was going out to pick some kidney beans to go home for lunch. Nie Nü wanted to call the second aunt to go with her, but found that the second sister had already gone first, so she went to the field alone. Entering the cornfield, separating the corn leaves and drilling in, picking them as they walked, before the basket was full, I suddenly heard someone eating and laughing, and the laughter seemed to be nearby. Nie Woman was very frightened when she heard this, and suspected that there was an evil teenager peeking at her, ready to sneak into her own attack. When I opened the dense corn stalks, I saw ergu crouching down in the cornfield, looking like she had untied her hand. Nie Nü did not expect that there was another person below, she only saw the second sister herself, so she called out to her very calmly. This shout alarmed the second sister and the lover, and the two were greatly shocked, thinking that Nie Woman had seen through the secret and fled in a hurry. Nie Woman had not yet figured out what was going on, it was strange for the second sister to avoid herself like this, and she thought that she was playing with herself, so she stopped picking beans and searched for a sound to follow up, but she did not find her.
After returning to the village, when Nie Nu saw ergu coming alone, she smiled and said to her, "Deadpool is also too crazy, aren't you afraid of being seen by others?" ”
When the second sister heard this, her face turned red first and then white, and she became more suspicious and afraid. So he took the opportunity to discuss the plan with her lover and said, "The matter has been leaked!" How can this be done? Her mother-in-law and my mother are sisters-in-law, her father-in-law has a strange and unreasonable temperament, and whoever has a small fault in the countryside will talk endlessly, and everyone must know about it unless it is broadcast, let alone find this kind of thing in a relative's house? My parents will kill me when they find out! After saying that, she began to cry.
Her lover's surname is Qi, originally a scoundrel, not a native of the village, the family lives in the county seat, very rich, because he came to the village to see his family's tenants in the autumn harvest. At the beginning, Qi Mou saw that the second sister was with Nie Woman, and the gap was very obvious, so he had evil thoughts about Nie Woman. Then I heard people say that Nie's father and son were very strict, and Nie's wife was dignified and self-respecting, and had never acted frivolously, and it seemed that she could not get her hands on them immediately. Therefore, he decided to use the second sister as a transition, originally for the purpose of plotting nie women, not to get Long Wang Shu to like the new and dislike the old. Hearing Ergu ask him about Ji, he was overjoyed, so he said to Ergu, "Are you scared?" It's not a big deal, the key is to try to find a way. If you use a trick to pull her in, then it will be easy to gagged her mouth. ”
Ergu shook her head to show no hope, and then said slowly, "This is simply not possible." Her husband was young and strong, and the relationship between husband and wife was very harmonious, unlike me, who was a piano that no one played. Moreover, she never spoke solemnly and generously, and when she mentioned the matter of men and women to her, she blushed and quickly ran away. This is true for female companions, and it can be imagined for ignorant and unthinkable men. ”
Qi someone said, "I don't think so." Her family is very poor, if you use money and profit to seduce her, and then use lust to seduce her, she will be too late to show off herself, what is so difficult? ”
The second sister had no choice but to obey Qi's plan. Qi Mou gave Ergu a thousand yuan and explained to her the plan. From then on, whoever went to the village to sell goods, as long as the women used and everything delicious, the second sister would go to the Nie Woman to watch it together, and buy it for her. Nie Nü resolutely refused to accept it, and was surprised that Ergu had squandered money like this. Sometimes when asked behind her back about the reason for this, the second aunt just smiled and refused to answer.
After a few days, Qi mou gathered a group of cattle herding children in the village to play a stone ball game in the newly leveled yard. Use stones to form balls, and win by two stone balls colliding together. Qi Mou saw Nie Woman and Ergu slowly approaching, Nie Woman was originally going to pick wild vegetables, but was pulled by Ergu Qiang. Qi Mou called out to the second aunt, stood there talking to her, and gave her a pocket bag in person, hoping to let Nie Woman see. However, Nie Nü had already walked quickly to the front, more than a few steps away. The girl then deliberately showed it to her and said, "This man is too emotional, this is his money to win those shepherd boys, all given to me." What shall I repay him with? ”
From this incident, Nie Niang began to suspect that the second sister had a private affair, and gradually alienated her. Ergu and Qi also suspected that she had discovered their ruse and evaded them in advance, so they tightened their conspiracy activities even more.
Soon, the farm work in the yard began, and Nie Nü went to the mill to do the work of grinding wheat at the order of her in-laws. Because she herself was weak, she had to ask her second aunt for help. When the grinding was not finished in the evening, Nie Nü was worried that her father-in-law would blame her, so she rushed to the ground after dinner with black and continued to grind wheat. At this time, ergu and Qi had already planned, and Qi hid in the mill in advance and closed the door. Nie Nu knew that the second aunt came first, so she called her to open the door, but no one in the house agreed. Nie Woman couldn't get in the door, and the wheat could not be taken out, so she walked around the door and did not go home. After a while, I heard the second aunt in the house talking to people about love. When Nie Woman heard this, she was shocked, and she believed even more that Ergu was having an affair with someone, and wanted to leave there, and she was worried that the wheat would be stolen. I didn't know what to do, but I finally went home empty-handed, regardless of taking the wheat.
The second sister waited for a long time, and when she saw that Nie Woman never called the door again, she knew that she was unshakable, and when she saw that she had left, she let Qi Go to catch up, but she did not catch up. When the two of them failed to make this plan, their hearts were even more panicked. Ergu complained to Qi, "It's all your bad idea!" What she had seen the other day was hard to hide, and what she had heard tonight was even more impossible to conceal. Ugly on the spot, in the end it didn't help, you really made me miserable! ”
Qi Mou thought for half a moment, and then said: "The matter has reached an urgent juncture!" If you don't use tough means against her, you will not be able to save the situation. This evening, I heard that Nie Weng had been invited by the neighbors to drink, and he was already very drunk. His son was watching the crops in the field again and could not go home tonight. An old lady in her family, because she was sick for many years, she probably fell asleep early, what is the use of her not sleeping? Why don't you take me on a trip, be sure to fulfill my wish!" The second sister had no idea when she had nothing to do, so she obeyed Qi.
When they arrived at Nie's house, they were still afraid and did not dare to enter the house immediately. After quietly observing, I saw that the room was very silent, and there was no one awake. The second sister often came to and from Nie's house, and the road was very familiar, so she secretly opened the door latch and sneaked indoors. The sick old woman was heard in the darkness asking, "Are you coming?" Collect things to put away, you must prevent rats from spilling. It turned out that the old woman, in a state of half sleeplessness, thought that her daughter-in-law had just returned, but she did not expect that she had already gone home and slept in spite of the wheat. The second sister answered nie woman in a low voice, and passed on perfunctory. Then, all the way to Nie Woman's bedroom, seeing that the lights in the room had not been turned off, knowing that Nie Niang had already gone to bed, he whispered, "Sister-in-law! How did you throw down the wheat and hurry back? I sent it to you. ”
Nie Woman heard the voice of the second sister, thinking that she had come to deliver wheat, so she opened the door calmly. As soon as the door opened, Qi rushed into the house, and the second aunt followed him into the house. Nie Nu suddenly saw Qi Mou, knew that he did not have good intentions, was very scared, and wanted to cry out for help. The second sister hurriedly covered her mouth with her hand, and Qi Mou tried his best to take Nie Niang in his arms and put her on the bed. Nie Woman was extremely angry in her heart, and suddenly reached out and scratched his cheek, Qi Mou was caught with a broken skin and blood, and she couldn't help but be ashamed and angry, and the two could not hold each other. Qi then ordered the second aunt to hold Nie Woman's hands on his behalf, and he took a piece of broken cotton wool at the head of the bed and blocked Nie Woman's mouth so that she could not shout. Nie Nu had been desperately resisting, holding each other for a long time, the second sister was also a little tired, a little slow work, Nie Nü took advantage of the situation and rolled to the ground. The two of them worked hard to carry her to the bed, just put it away, and rolled to the ground again.
At that time, it was already three days later, and the second aunt said in fear, "My mother should look for me everywhere, I should go back." What if the wheat had not been polished by this time? After all, Qi Mou was not willing to fail, and he no longer hugged Nie Woman to the bed, intending to be on the ground. Nie Nu was excited and angry, and suddenly came a burst of strength, resisting more than the first, taking advantage of the second sister's relaxation, she suddenly got up, pulled out her palm and slammed qi on the cheek, injuring his eye socket and eyebrow bones at once. Qi Mou felt that the pain was unbearable, hurriedly let go of Nie Woman, turned around and wanted to leave, and then his heart was really uneven, and then suddenly returned and kicked her with his foot, kicking her ribs, and Nie Woman had to endure the pain. The second aunt persuaded him to give up, and then took off the cotton wool that was blocked in Nie Woman's mouth, comforted him with good words, and then went back with Qi Mou. I knew that things had broken down, but I was just trying to repair it a little. Although Nie Nü was not seriously injured, the anger in her heart was unbearable, and when she wanted to get up and go to bed, she had no strength at all and could not get up. Exhausted to the extreme, as if he had scattered his shelves, the tragic situation was really indescribable.
After a while, I heard a knock at the door outside, and soon someone came in, and as soon as I entered the door, I vomited loudly, and when I was finished, I asked why I didn't close the door at night. It turned out that Nie Weng was drunk at the neighbor's house, and the neighbor went to call his son and helped him back, so the husband who was watching the crops in the field would come into the house again. If Qi and ergu delayed for a moment, they could also meet, but they let them slip away.
Nie Weng's son waited for his father to go to sleep, so he went back to his bedroom, and as he walked, he was angry like a cow for not closing the door. When I entered the house and saw my wife lying on the ground, her hair disheveled and her face covered with mud, I was frightened and asked what had happened. At this time, Nie Woman was already able to speak, and she recounted the incident to her husband in detail. After the husband listened, he was furious and indignant at first, and when he slowly touched his wife's trouser belt with his hand, he felt that the trouser belt was very narrow and small, but it was intact. Nie Zi has always been pedantic and strange, silently thinking in his heart, but instead of being suspicious of his wife, he does not take his wife's desperate self-defense as a credit, but actually thinks that his wife must be lost, and now he is deliberately deceiving himself. So he suddenly asked, "How can you be free from being humiliated when you are raped by a prime-age man?" ”
Nie Wei was waiting for her husband to return in order to complain about her grievances, but when she suddenly heard this, she was angry, so she said, "Your two aunts and sisters have pushed me into a dangerous situation." I resisted rape so hard that I guarded this body for you, but you slandered me in turn! ”
Nie Zi heard his wife say this, and quickly waved his hand to stop it: "This is my mother's real relative, why are you talking like this?" I am also an experienced person, and I can completely decide the case with this trouser belt. ”
The wife was wronged and argued with great difficulty, and Nie Zi always bit down on the trouser belt and said, "Take this evidence and ask any irrelevant person at will, if he says that he does not doubt, what else do I suspect?" Nie Zi was so stubborn and confident.
Nie Woman was full of unevenness, and she had suffered from her husband's injustice, and she really couldn't stand it, so she shouted the name of the second sister, scolded her by name, and cried bitterly while scolding. Nie Zi was afraid of being heard by her mother, and she had always regarded loving the mother party as a manifestation of filial piety, and when she saw her wife insulting ergu's shortcomings, she was even more annoyed, so she found a short wooden stick in the room and prepared to beat her. When Nie Woman saw her husband using force, she was even more indignant, unable to remain silent, calling out to heaven and earth to cry out for injustice, and all the neighbors heard it, and it was impossible for the drunken father-in-law and the sick mother-in-law to hear it. Nie Zi had already beaten his wife dozens of times because she did not give in. Overhearing his father wake up and asking loudly why the quarrel, Nie Zi put down his wife and ran out to tell his father the reason, but hid the matter of the second sister. Nie Weng then praised his son and said, "You see it too clearly, my good son!" Otherwise, I would have been almost blinded by her! ”
Nie Nü heard that her father-in-law and mother-in-law were awake and wanted to come out and tell them about their grievances, but because of their injuries. Unable to stand up, he crawled out of the bedroom and cried and confessed from his in-laws' window. As soon as the words involved the second sister, the mother-in-law loudly rebuked: "What are you talking about!" The second sister is a yellow flower girl, soon should be married, you such a few words will be mistaken for life, how can this not make me sad! So he looked out of breath, moaning and saying to his son, "Take her away from me, don't be angry with me!" ”
Nie Weng instructed his son again, "My son understands the great righteousness, and there is no need for me to say anything more." You have to deal with this matter well, and don't be cruel because of the love of your children. After saying this, there was no more squeaking.
Nie Zi was afraid that she would hurt her parents' hearts too much, so she forcibly dragged her back to the bedroom, closed the door, fisted and beat her mercilessly, and used the trouser belt as ironclad evidence to force her wife to confess to the crime of losing her body. Nie Woman had been kicked and injured by Qi Mou, and then beaten by her husband, her flesh was seriously injured, her anger was depressed, and she gradually could not support it, so she shouted loudly: "Nie Surnamed Nie, the heavens are on the top, I have not failed you, you have really failed me!" After saying that, he closed his eyes and never opened his mouth again. At first glance, it turned out to be dead. Nie Zi was frightened at this time, and he thought to himself, killing his wife for no reason should be paid according to the law. So he came up with a cunning trick, seeing that the wall on the left side of the house was about to fall, and it was a brick and stone wall, so he pulled his wife's body under the wall, hurried outside, and pushed the wall down. Then go and report to the parents. After Nie Weng and his wife listened, they were not sad at all, but strongly praised their son for his wisdom, which showed how different the family's thoughts and feelings were from normal people.
As soon as the sky was dark, Nie Zi ran to report to his father-in-law's house, and when his father-in-law's family received a murderous letter, the whole family was sad, and only Nie Zi's father tilted his head and said, "Now that autumn is high and cool, and it has not rained, how can it fall on the wall?" You should hurry up and check it out! ”
When I arrived at Nie's house, I cried loudly as I walked into the room. Only then did he begin to clean up the mud and bricks, pull out his daughter's body and look at it, which was crushed by the broken wall and injured all over the body, and it was already difficult to identify. Only two eyes were still brightly open, and the eye sockets were full of tears, and the evidence of her injuries before she died was obvious. Nie Woman's father did not immediately say anything, only cried bitterly, comforted her son-in-law, and then went home. On the same day, he wrote a complaint and filed a complaint in the county court. After Nie Weng's father and son knew about it, they also wrote a letter of appeal. The county magistrate detained Nie Weng's neighbor for interrogation, and if someone woke up at the fifth hour and heard Nie Weng's tragic cries, it was confirmed. It turned out that it was also because this person had a bad relationship with Nie Weng's father and son that he was exposed in this way.
The county official came to Nie's house and ordered him to perform an autopsy, but the body was already in tatters. One of the servants, Xie Er, was very proficient in autopsy techniques, and pointed out on the spot that the wounds on Nie Woman's body were wounded by bricks and stones, and there were also places where she was injured by wooden sticks, and there was a clear difference between the two. It is also pointed out that the difference between the injuries suffered before death and the injuries suffered after death is compared with the records of the "Book of Washed Injustices", and there is no inconsistency. The county magistrate then tortured Nie Zi, who confessed the truth about his wife's death, but still refused to talk about her wife's forcing. No one else knew about it, allowing the two murderers to slip through the net.
The case has already been decided, because Nie Zi beat his wife to death, and the wife is not guilty, and should be sentenced to hanging and sent to death row. Nie Weng deeply loved his son, and could not help but complain about his son's death, and said a little about the ugly deeds of the second sister. Ergu's father had always been known for his fierceness, and he couldn't help but be angry when he heard this. At first, I thought that Nie Weng's words were slanderous, but when I slowly observed, I saw Ergu standing on the street from time to time, and the same man teased each other for fun, and it turned out that the man was Qi Mou. So there was doubt, and in the middle of the night, I got up and saw the two of them lying on the pillow, like a husband and wife. His father was angry, so he went indoors through the window, asked what had happened, and personally killed his daughter and Qi. When he saw the two corpses lying naked on the bed, he was even more indignant, swung his knife into several pieces, and took two human heads to the county to surrender himself.
Arriving at the county court, Ergu's father explained the reason for killing the two. The county officials and servants were all surprised to hear the news, and the people watching the bustle inside and outside the gate were crowded. Whoever hears it is furious and feels that sinners have more than enough to die. The county magistrate interrogated Nie Zi again, and after interrogation, he was willing to tell ergu's crime. The county magistrate listened to his explanation, so he laughed and said, "You are really a typical example of filial piety. But since the law of punishment has been violated, and even the flesh and life have to be thrown away, where is this what those who really filial piety to their parents can bear to do? Nie Zi cried and confessed. The county official believed that Qi Mou and Ergu were dead, and slightly reprimanded Ergu's father, who kept the case for investigation and was expelled from the court. And Nie Zi's capital crime was ultimately not forgiven.
The year after Nie's death, the people in the township asked the county officials for permission and set up a temple for her, and the New Year festival was sacrificed to commemorate her.